Quilt Barns

August 22, 2017 

The Vagabonds had a unique experience traveling through Walworth County with Tom Laughlin leading our bus trip.  He was very thorough explaining much of the countryside and many of the quilt barns on our route.

We started with the Merry Water Farm that had 3000 cows, milking about 1500. 

                             

And the barn.

Dave Woodrich is a veteran and proudly calls his quilt "American Pride"

We passed a number of quilt barns along the way that we took photos of while on the bus.

The most spectacular property was Doug Amon's rose garden that he calls Stop & Smell the Roses.  He has more than 400 roses planted in honor of his deceased wife who loved roses.  Every rose was set in the ground in large pots and prominently labeled.  The roses are dug up in the fall and stored in a garage at controlled temperature.  Doug was most congenial, answering many questions and handing our 2018 calendars with pictures of his roses.  He invited us for his pig roast on September 10th. 

Our last stop was at a farm with Jersey cows.  The family told us about their farm and their decision to raise Jerseys: smaller cows, eat less, produce less milk, but richer in butter fat.

We also drove around the Elkhorn County Fair grounds that had a number of quilts and was getting ready for the County Fair.